Title
Interregional obsidian exchange during the late initial period and early horizon: New perspectives from campanayuq rumi, Peru
Date Issued
01 March 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Cambridge University Press
Abstract
Campanayuq Rumi is a large civic-ceremonial center located in the south-central highlands of Peru. Founded in the late Initial Period (1100-800 BC), Campanayuq Rumi became an important center within the Chavín Interaction Sphere in the Early Horizon (ca. 800-400 BC). In particular, Campanayuq Rumi is significant because of its geographical proximity to Quispisisa, the most important and widely circulated obsidian source during the Early Horizon. Portable X-ray florescence (pXRF) was used to geochemically source a sample of 370 obsidian artifacts from Campanayuq Rumi. Though obsidian from Quispisisa dominates the assemblage throughout the site's history, diachronic analysis indicates that the diversity of obsidian sources increases markedly in the Campanayuq II Phase (700-450 BC). The pXRF data lead us to conclude that Campanayuq Rumi was the locus of obsidian distribution to other locations in highland and coastal Peru within the Chavín Interaction Sphere, and functioned as a regional center of worship and interaction.
Start page
44
End page
63
Volume
29
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Arqueología
Economía
Antropología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85043251192
Source
Latin American Antiquity
ISSN of the container
10456635
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Directorio de Producción Científica
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